Eat at allies: Samoa M&Blondies. Chocolate Cheesecake with Peanut Butter Cream & The New Kitchen. Chocolate Cheesecake with Peanut Butter Cream This is a the ultimate fix for any chocolate-peanut butter craving.
It’s been a little while since I shared a chocolate and peanut butter dessert, and if you are like me it’s about time! I will tell what else it is about time for! The results of my kitchen remodel! I often wish I could just finish projects once I start them, but life just doesn’t work that way for me. I went with natural hickory cabinets from Mid Continent Cabinetry, click here for the cabinet review. Here you can see the vinyl flooring that I chose rather than going back with tile, it is so much easier to clean! Here you can see my new pride an joy, the Bosch cook top.
Here you get a nice view of the hickory cabinets and the counter tops. The Pastry Affair - Home - Butterbeer. This is part III in a mini-series of Harry Potter snacks from the books brought to life (part I is on Honeydukes treats, part II is all about the cauldron cakes, and part IV showcases decadent butterbeer cupcakes).
Last August, my family made the two thousand mile journey to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. Orlando has always been one of my family's favorite vacation destinations. Add in my love (and obsession) with Harry Potter and we all knew that once the park officially opened I couldn't be kept away for long. On the big day, we woke up at an obscene hour to a bright dawn. While the rest of my family was dragging their feet and speaking in yawns, I was too excited to dwell on my lack of sleep and tired eyes. This was my moment. When I entered the park, I was immediately swept away by the architecture and the detail.
How to Make Almond Joy Hot Chocolate - Almond Milk Hot Chocolate Recipe (Oh... Today we’re going to take that delicious almond milk we talked about in the last blog post and make–what’s that?
You haven’t made almond milk yet? Well, what are you waiting for? It’s awesome! Go make some right now. I’ll wait. Almond Joy Hot Chocolateyield: 2 small mugs of chocolate Ingredients 1 cup almond milk, preferably homemade1/4 cup coconut milk3.5 oz (about 1/2 cup) milk or semi-sweet chocolate, or mix of chocolates. This first step isn’t mandatory, at all, but I must recommend it because it makes your hot chocolate mugs look ever so cute. Or dip the wet chocolate tops into the toasted coconut! Combine the almond milk and the coconut milk in a small saucepan. {recipe} Not Your Childhood Chicken Potpie. Growing up, chicken potpie meant a Swanson’s frozen dinner, pulled hot from the oven before my parents escaped for a night of freedom.
Those nights meant freedom to my sister and me, too: babysitters! The Love Boat! Fantasy Island! Oh my, how we looked forward to watching Charo charm Captain Stubing and his merry crew, sharing a bowl of hot buttery popcorn balanced between our nubby, bandaged knees. I wanted to recreate the sheer joy, if not the actual taste, of that childhood meal, with a crust that could be drenched in gravy and still retain a crunch, vegetables that stood on their own but melded well together, and chicken that added a savory layer of its own.
The filling is so thick, you can stand a spoon in it Easy and homemade chicken potpie aren’t usually used in the same sentence, this much I know. Traditional chicken potpie, frozen or otherwise, usually includes this vegetable trifecta: peas, pearl onions and carrots. Cut three slits in the dough before placing into the oven. The Ultimate Strawberry Lemonade. One of the first times I ever realized that – HEY!
I can cook for myself! – was when I first learned to make lemonade. I magically found the refrigerated lemon juice at our house and followed the directions to make my own lemonade. I stirred and stirred and stirred again until that sugar was finally dissolved. Speaking of which, what gives sugar?! Sorry for the detour. Anyway, there was a summer there where I made my own lemonade every single day, making sure to rub it in my sister’s face that I knew how to and she didn’t. The key to this being the ultimate lemonade is that you blend it up with the lemon rind in there. And any time of day for that matter. (makes 2 pint-glass servings with ice) 3/4 cup sugar2 large lemons, microwaved for 30 seconds2 cups water1 cup of frozen strawberries, microwaved for 1 minute (you could use fresh, but I think the frozen works better here) In a blender squeeze the lemons and add the rest of the lemon, rind and all.
Molten Lava Chocolate Chip Cookie. Need I say more?
Just yum! Go make a couple of these! Made a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough. Baked most of them as these: Then I did this: Baked these two guys for 15 minutes, next time I'll only do about 12 minutes. Plenty of chocolaty deliciousness hidden inside. But that's just not quite enough, so I did this: And that, my friends, is what I call Molten Lava Chocolate Chip Cookie heaven! Any cookie dough will work, but here's the recipe I used: The Ultimate Chewy and Soft Chocolate Chunk Cookies INGREDIENTS 1 cup unsalted butter at room temp 1 cup tightly packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 1/2 tsps. pure vanilla extract 3 cups plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 16 oz. flavorful bitter or semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used a 1 oz square of bitter sweet chocolate, a 4 oz bar of bitter sweet chocolate and about 10 oz of semi sweet chocolate chips) INSTRUCTIONS 1.